The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-18
GKN. MILAN HrNRY.

ofSNH anu Figures
GIN WILLIAM HENRY.
Doesn't know Hamilton's pistol. May
have seen it before. Has seen him with a
white-handle pistol. Shouldn't say that
ii was Col. Hamilton's habit to wear pis-
toll like the one shown. Was at the Peni-
tertiary the evening of the killing, and
saw Col. Hamilton there. Didn't know
whom he conversed with while there.
Heard him saw that the Sword and Shield
article was as much as q man could be ex-
pected to stand. Never heard him say
what he expected to do about it. Had
| heard Hamilton say since the shooting
that he thought he was hit while in the
carriage. Hamilton never said in his
presence how many shots he fired. Saw
Col. Hamilton FIRST that night in the room
over Stewards drug store. Never heard
him say that night anything about the
number of shots fired Never heard him
say whether others participated with him
| in the fight.
Cross-examined = Hamilton generally
sat with one hand across the stomach. Col.
| Hamilton wss frequently at the depot and
never failed when there to go to the Law
renee House Hamilton frequently re-
ceived kilograms from persons asking him
TO meet him at the depot. He was in
habit at night of using the wagonette,"
and of taking home when down town all
persons living in the direction of his
home.
JOE GEORGE.
Sunday night, oath April, was at
the train and came back to Law
renee House. Saw Hamilton, Eubanks
and Langley. Saw Hamilton near engine
IL, ba h.
the cow-catcher, saw Eubanks, also saw
Langley somewhere. Langley, witness
believes, is employed at the Penitentiary
On another occasion, perhaps a week
afterward, saw Hamilton, Eubanks and
Albrecht at the train together. Didn't
notice anything especially.
Cross-examined.-The first time wit ess
refers to was Sunday night after appear
anoe of Sword and Shield editorial.
SAM PuRsER.
Was on the gallery of his fathers
residence night of the killing, about
10 feet west Of Mrs. Heaphey's
store. Heard one shot and cry of muir
der Then ran to the gate. Thought
there were abont 10 or 70 shots His
sister and Walter Jones were on the gal
lery with him. Saw no carriage pass |
Gallery about eight feet high and moth |
ing to obstruct view. Thinks he would |
have noticed vehicle if one had |
passed. After the firing ceased Walter |
Jones and himself went to Mrs. Hea-
phey's store. Saw Figures there but did |
not see Albrecht One man got of south |
side of bridge, and another came up and |
squatteu down and heat GambrelI over
the head with pistol held by the handle.
Struck four or five blows over the head |
and four on the floor. There were eight |
or nine blows altogether. Witness indi-
Gated about % yards as the distance he
was away from Gambrell. Didn't know
who the men were. Knows Col. Hamil-
ton. The man had on dark hat and
clothes and was low and chunky. Saw
Albrecht come up from the east side of the
bridge. Witness identified the large pistol
as the one he saw IN Hamilton's hands
that night. Fitzgerald took Gambrelrs |
hand and asked hlm who shot him
Heard Col. Hamilton say he was driving
along when Gambrell shot MIN. The
flashes were to the north. The firing
like there were three or four
shooting.
Cross-ex amined- Gathered from the
sounds of the pistols only that there were
three or four shooting. There was first
one shot then two and the volley. The
firing had not ceased when witness got to
gate Saw no flashes in the direction
toward him. Wasn't much excited. Went
to gate after first shot, and stood in gate
till shooting had ceased, when he went to
Heaphey's store and saw Figures there.
Walter Jones asked Figures to 20 with
them and he said he would not because
afraid of bullets. Witness was at Mrs
Heapheys store about three minutes
H. & hai Ia f.,b |
Street elevated about three feet above
sidewalk. When he first saw man run
ming he was about FIVE yards from west OF
bridge in the middle of street. Couldn't
tell whether it was white man or not.
When he first saw Albrecht he was behind
Hamilton and about where the sidewalk
reaches the bridge. Albrecht had on light
suit of clothes. The other two men he
saw were going towards the postotfice from
about the center of bridge Witness doesn't
know that he said before coroner's jury
that he saw two men on the left going
west Thinks he said they were going
from west to east. They were walking
slowly. Saw no man pass before shooting.
Neither heard nor saw any hack or carri-
age pass. Always notices vehicles passing
along the road,
Re-direct-Carraway picked up Gam
Drells pistol ana refused 10 let TWO per-
sons who asked him look at it, saying he
would attend to that. Carraway is the
town marshal and could not have come
from the Lawrence House after the shoot
ing nor from Simmons's meat market unless
he had been running mighty fast.
Re cross-examined.--F'irs saw Cara
way in front of Dreyfus's store when wit
ness was at Mrs. Heaphy's store. When
he came up witness told him that the man
who did the shooting ran under the bridge. |
Didn't see the man shooting, but saw him
running. Didn't know how they were
dressed.
Re-examined by rosecution.--Carraway |
made no effort 70 arrest the man who ran |
under the bridge. The man ran under |
about where the fresh dirt has been put. |
Mr.. Gates had charge OF the street hands |
who put the dirt there. Didn't know that
Mr.. Carraway has charge of all the street
work.